In the Department of Economics, hourly payrates are assigned based upon status and responsibility.

Undergraduate Student Hourlies are paid based upon duties, experience and specialized knowledge as defined by the supervisor. Undergraduates are generally paid within the Current Student Pay Schedule established by UW Human Resources.

(http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/ocpsp/student/student.pay.html#sps) Occasionally, undergraduates are paid at higher rates, with an exception to pay approval, based upon very high level of professional experience and assigned duties that require such high level skills.

Graduate Student Hourlies with status and duties comparable to a salaried 50% ASE position (http://www.econ.washington.edu/instruction/grad/GradStudentPayrollLevels.htm) are paid an equivalent hourly pay rate. These hourly rates are calculated as follows:

Full-time monthly salary rate / 173.333 hours per month

Examples for Academic Year 2007/08:

entry level RA ($1,451 x 2) / 173.333 = $16.74 per hour

PDRA1 ($1,559 x 2) / 173.333 = $17.99 per hour

PDRA2 ($1,676 x 2) / 173.333 = $19.34 per hour